Ray Bass was 47 and living in Dayton, Ohio, when he was killed; his body was found on or shortly after March 31, 1974. Local reporting and law enforcement files describe his death as a homicide, but the precise cause of death and the circumstances leading up to it are not clearly documented.

The Dayton Police Department initially investigated the case, and it is now listed as an unsolved homicide under review by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office includes Bass’s case in its unsolved homicide database to encourage public tips; however, investigators have not publicly identified a suspect or a clear motive.

Very little is known beyond Bass’s name, age, city of residence, and the approximate date his body was discovered. Does anyone have memories, records, or information about Ray Bass or the events in Dayton around late March 1974 that could help investigators?